Experimental characterization of the effects of stacking sequence on the transverse crack behavior in quasi-isotropic interleaved CFRP laminates

Advanced Composite Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 241-251

  Kobayashi, Satoshi ^a   Ogihara, Shinji ^b   Takeda, Nobuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CFRP; Damage mechanics; Energy release rate; Quasi isotropic laminates; Stacking sequence; Transverse crack

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000686945     PISSN: 09243046     EISSN: 15685519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685510051033449     Document Type: Article

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